Skinfaxe (glacier)

Skinfaxe
Skinfaxe
Skinfaxe Gletscher
	North Atlantic Ocean

Skinfaxe (Danish: Skinfaxe Gletscher^[1]) is a glacier of the King Frederick VI Coast in the Sermersooq municipality, southeastern Greenland.

This glacier is named after

Skinfaxi, the cosmic horse of Norse mythology

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Geography

Skinfaxe is a large, active glacier located on the eastern side of the Greenland ice sheet.^[2]

The Skinfaxe glacier flows roughly southeastward and has its terminus in the Kattertooq fjord shortly after its confluence with the Tjasse Glacier that joins it from the west.^[3]

References

^ Den grønlandske Lods - Geodatastyrelsen p. 34
GoogleEarth

^ "Skinfaxe". GeoHack. Retrieved 11 June 2021.

External links

Climate-related glacier fluctuations in southeast Greenland, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Department of Marine Geology and Glaciology, Copenhagen, Denmark

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[1] Den grønlandske Lods - Geodatastyrelsen p. 34

[GE-2] GoogleEarth

[GeoH-3] "Skinfaxe". GeoHack. Retrieved 11 June 2021.

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